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Collapse MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
Expand 1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 17271 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727
Expand 2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 17442 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744
Expand 3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 17873 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787
Collapse 4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
Collapse 1 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-18191 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-1819
Expand 1 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-18011 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-1801
Expand 2 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 18192 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 1819
Expand 3 - Letters from Doctors - 1794 - 17983 - Letters from Doctors - 1794 - 1798
Expand 4 - Letters from 'Firm' - 1804 - 18194 - Letters from 'Firm' - 1804 - 1819
Collapse 5 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 18195 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 1819
Collapse 1 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 17961 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1796
1 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 26 January 1796
2 - Letter. George Jardine (Glasgow College) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 February 1796
3 - Letter. John Roebuck (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 February 1796
4 - Letter. Thomas Lane (——) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [February 1769]
5 - Letter. Sir John Sinclair (London; Whitehall) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 March 1796
6 - Letter. Henry Goodwyn (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 08 March 1796
7 - Letter. Sir John Sinclair (London; Board of Agriculture, Whitehall) to [James Watt] (——). - 14 March 1796
8 - Letter. John Roebuck (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 April 1796
9 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 April 1796
10 - Letter. Samuel Galton jr. (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 May 1796
11 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (——) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 09 May 1796
12a - Letter. A. Anderson (Greenock) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 June 1796
12b - Description of the mills and water supply by Robertson Buchanan, manager. - nd. [c. 1796]
13 - Letter. R. Phillips (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 June 1796
14 - Letter. James Monteith (Glasgow) to James Watt (——). - 10 June 1796
15 - Letter. George Jardine (London) to James Watt (——). - 16 June 1796
16 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Buxton) to [James Watt] (——). - 17 June 1796
17 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Fenchurch Street ) to James Watt (——). - 20 June 1796
18 - Letter. J. P. Dearman (——) to [James Watt] (——). - June 1796
19 - Letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho; 'in bed') to James Watt (Bath; 18, the Crescent, c/o Mrs Fletcher). - 11 July 1796
20 - Letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to James Watt (——) - 18 July 1796
21 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 July 1796
22 - Letter. R. Buchanan Dunlop (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 08 August 1796
23 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Wemyss Bay) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 August 1796
24 - Letter. Mrs. Campbell (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 September 1796 - 09 September 1796
25 - Letter. Mrs. Campbell (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 October 1796
26 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 October 1796
27 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Soho) to [James Watt] (——). - 29 October 1796
28 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Duke Street, Westminster) to James Watt jr. (——). - 19 November 1796
29 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 29 November 1796
30 - Letter. S. Galton jr. (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 December 1796
31 - Letter. Robertson Buchanan (Greenock) to [James Watt] (——). - 26 December 1796
32 - Letter. George Hollington Barker (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 December 1796
33 - Letter. Sir John Clerk (Bath) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 January 1797
Expand 2 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 17982 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 1798
Expand 3 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 17983 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1798
Expand 4 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 17994 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1799
Expand 5 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 18005 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1800
Expand 6 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 18016 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1801
Expand 7 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 18037 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 1803
Expand 8 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 18038 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1803
Expand 9 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 18049 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1804
Expand 10 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 180510 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1805
Expand 11 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1806 - 180711 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1806 - 1807
Expand 12 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1807-181012 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1807-1810
Expand 13 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1809 - 181113 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1809 - 1811
Expand 14 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1812 - 181314 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1812 - 1813
Expand 15 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 181515 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1815
Expand 16 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 181716 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1817
Expand 17 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1818 - 181917 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1818 - 1819
Expand 6 - 'Other' files of correspondence - 1761 - 18196 - 'Other' files of correspondence - 1761 - 1819
Expand 2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 18192 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819
Expand 3 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 17993 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 1799
Expand 4 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 18084 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 1808
Expand 5 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 17735 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 1773
Expand 6 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 17936 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 1793
Expand 7 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 18087 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 1808
Expand 8 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 18138 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 1813
Expand 9 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 18459 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 1845
Expand 10 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 181710 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 1817
Expand 11 - Papers of/by other people11 - Papers of/by other people
Expand 12 - Miscellaneous papers of James Watt - 1727 - 181712 - Miscellaneous papers of James Watt - 1727 - 1817
Expand 13 - Drawings - 18th cent. - 19th cent.13 - Drawings - 18th cent. - 19th cent.
Expand 14 - Printed material - 1776 - 182214 - Printed material - 1776 - 1822
Expand 5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 17625 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762
Expand 6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 18486 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848
Expand 7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 18047 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804
Expand 8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 18738 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873
Expand 9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 18489 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848
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